Gary Sinise is well known actor, film director and musician. He has won various
awards during his career. In 1992, Sinise directed, and played the role of George
Milton in the successful film adaptation Of Mice and Men. He was nominated for 
the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actor in 1994 for his role as Lt. Dan
Taylor in Forrest Gump. He won a Golden Globe Award for his role in Truman,
as Harry S. Truman. In 1996, he played a corrupt police officer in the dramatic hit Ransom. In 1998, Sinise was awarded an Emmy for his title role portrayal in the
television film George Wallace. Since 2004, Sinise has starred in CBS’s CSI: NY.

 
Gary Sinise in Forrest Gump

Gary Sinise was in the 1995 Ron Howard film Apollo 13 

Gary Sinise was awarded the Presidential Citizen Medal by George W. Bush (right)
for his support of the U.S Military and humanitarian work supporting Iraqi children.

Note…Joe might like this!

The first recorded St. Patrick’s Day parade (depicted above) was held, not in Dublin,
but on lower Broadway in New York in 1762 by homesick ex-patriots and Irish soldiers serving in the British army stationed in the American colonies in New York city.

  
                 
                  Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognized
                  of the patron saints of Ireland.